Mark Thompson News Briefs

David Ellison Wants CEO Mark Thompson To Remain At CNN After Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Deal Closes. Paramount CEO David Ellison wants Mark Thompson to remain at CNN after the Warner Bros. Discovery deal closes, a move that would settle at least some of the speculation over the future of the network under its incoming new owners. Talks between Ellison and Thompson are said to be in their early stages, according to […].

Paramount, CNN Chief Mark Thompson in ‘Early Stages’ of Discussions to Keep Him in Post. Paramount Skydance and CNN chief Mark Thompson are in the “early stages” of discussions that could keep him as the leader of the news giant, according to a person familiar with the matter, a sign that the company is likely to keep CBS News and CNN apart initially as it navigates its purchase of Warner […].